La Savina, the last stop of the exhibition 'An eye in the sky 1939-1945’
La Savina
01/09/2017
The smallest port managed by the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) welcomes the exhibition 'An eye in the sky. 1939-1945: the strategic significance of Balearic Island Ports during World War II'. The exhibition comprises a collection of unseen aerial photographs of the island ports of general interest, showing how they became key surveillance points during World War II.
The exhibition, located at the Port of La Savina's Harbour Station, will be open to visitors from this weekend onwards until 30 September.
The exhibition's 16 panels, displaying unpublished photographs and detailed explanatory texts, demonstrate how valuable our ports were to intelligence services on both sides and how observed they were due to their geo-strategic interest.
A study by the Department of Geography at the UIB retrieved this photographic material, taken between 1941 and 1945 by the British and American aerial surveillance reconnaissance, with the aim of making it available to Balearic Island residents. The exhibition, which started in May, has travelled around all the islands. The ports of Palma, Alcudia, Mahon, Ibiza and, finally, La Savina have played host to the exhibition and all have seen an excellent turnout.
The first snapshot of the La Savina concentration camp
One of the features of the exhibition is the photographic material that gives us an insight into ‘Es Campament’, an important prison camp on Formentera, which was located to the south of La Savina during the post-war period (1939-1942).
The exhibition, located at the Port of La Savina's Harbour Station, will be open all day to the public from this weekend onwards until 30 September.
